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No. 65,071.. Patented May 28, 1867.

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JOSEPH H. GREENLEAF, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 65,071, dated Mtg 28, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known. that I, JOSEPH H. GREENLEAF, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Apparatus for Forming the Edge of Water-Proof Soles; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-- Figure 1, a side view.

Figure 2, an edge view. I

Figure 3, a top view, the follower removed.

Figure 4, a. top view of the follower; and in Figures 5, 6, and 7, views to illustrate the formation of the edge.

This invention is designed to be employed in forming the edge for the soles of boots or shoes, such as were patented to J. W. Coburn and O. 13. Case, June 27, 1865, assignces of said J. W. Ooburn, and consists in the construction of a former, its outer surface of the shape and size required for the inside of the edge, combined with a follower for forcing the edges on to or compressing them into shape on the former. Heretoforc these edges have been formed by placing a single strip of leather into a die of proper shape and allowing it to remain there until dry; thus a great number of dies were required for each particular size of sole, and occasioning great expense in the preparation of the dies. My invention avoids this expense almost entirely, and in order to the better understanding of my invention, as well-as to enable others to construct the same, I will proceed to a description as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A is the base, upon which is fixed a former, B, the said formerof the shape and size required for the inside of the edge, as seen in fig. 3, and is made tapering toward the top, as seen in fig. 2. C is the follower, which may be moved up and down freely on the former.

To form the edges, one method is to wind at strip of solo leather, a, (which is first cut to the propcr,width;) around the former, first thoroughly wetting the strip, then place the follower over the former downon to the strip and press it hard down thereon, there to remain until the leather isdry; then cut the strip diagonally across as at d, fig. 2, separating the strip at each layer, and so that the out of one layer will fit the cut of the next below, then remove from the former and secure the two ends of each layer together, and the edge is formed as seen in fig. 5. Or, which practically is a better plan, out the leather into the shape seen in fig. 5, slitting it between the points f, then w ettingthe piece place it over the frame B, and'prcss it hard down upon the several pieces, and when dry remove from the former, and the edge is formed in one piece entire. This last-named manner of forming the edge constitutes the subject of an application for Letters Patent which I have filed in even date herewith. I

The former I prefer to make or wood, and is therefore of very little cost, and may be formed so as to be enlarged in width or length, or both, in like manner as are boot-trees, and I make them ofa length to receive a. great number of edges, so that a single apparatus may answer for the manufacture of a great number of soles.

.It will be seen that the former must be of the shape required for the edge, whether for half soles, whole soles,

'or heels.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim'as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- i The apparatus, substantially as herein described, for forming the edge of soles.

' JOSEPH H. GREENLEAF. Witnesses:

JCHN H. SHUMWAY, JonN E. EAnLn. 

